At another time, the Bai family...

Bai Yan turned off her phone screen, ignoring the comments cursing her, and turned to look at Grandpa Bai: "Grandpa, what do you think Lin Ruohan will do next?"

Based on his experience, Old Master Bai thought for a moment and said, "It's probably impossible for Anping to be saved. He will be delisted and declare bankruptcy."

Bai Yan smiled and shook her head: "I guess he won't. On the contrary, he might increase investment to maintain the current stock price."

After a moment's thought, Grandpa Bai understood his granddaughter's meaning: "Maintain the current stock price, use false prosperity to blind the shareholders, and then withdraw your shares."

Given the size of Lin Ruohan and Song Rizhao's shareholdings, Anping would collapse immediately if they sold their shares.

The remaining shareholders are facing the prospect of losing everything.

"How many people will be killed by doing this?" Old Master Bai frowned. After all, he had taken care of Lin Ruohan when he was a child, and he was unwilling to speculate about him with the most malicious thoughts.

Before Grandpa Bai could finish speaking, Bai Yan looked at the notification on her phone and chuckled, "Grandpa, he's already done it."

Lin Ruohan sold all of her and Lin Mingjing's real estate and used the proceeds to acquire shares.

Under the manipulation of Song Rizhao, a financial mastermind, the two borrowed money from banks and continuously invested it in the stock market, stabilizing the stock price.

Lin Ruohan also released a statement on the company's official Weibo account, saying that the people involved have been dealt with, but Anping will not be affected. He also told Anping's shareholders not to worry, as he would buy up any amount of Anping's stock that was sold.

Anping's official Weibo account later posted the company's upcoming filming plans, and that after the staff turnover, they had partnered with a major company to invest over 100 million yuan in a nationwide talent show...

With a series of actions, coupled with the deep pockets of Lin Ruohan and the stock market guru Song Rizhao, the investors' hearts were temporarily calmed down.

Anping's shares stabilized after falling to one point, and thanks to the large amount of capital invested by Song Rizhao and Lin Ruohan, they even rebounded slightly in the following hours.

Bai Yan sat in front of the computer, looking at Anping's stock, which had fallen but then stabilized. She turned to Grandpa Bai and said, "Grandpa, I told you, bad bamboo can't produce good shoots. What kind of person is Lin Mingjing? Do you think Lin Ruohan is any better?"

Old Master Bai said, "If you're going to curse someone, then curse them. Why curse yourself?"

He shook his head again, completely disappointed in Lin Ruohan. He then turned to his granddaughter and said, "Xiao Yan, remember this: for a company to last, it needs two things: a good product and a good conscience."

Bai Yan knew that Old Master Bai's generation came from the era of public ownership, and he still carried some of the old ideas with him.

When one achieves success, one should help others in need; the old man did just that back then.

“I know, Grandpa.”

Bai Yan turned on her phone, expecting to be met with all sorts of insults, but to her surprise, many netizens spoke up for her.

They've said everything they needed to say, and you didn't sell when told to, so now you've lost everything and blame them? Do you think the whole world is your mother?

[I have to thank Bai Yan. Xingyu's stock price has been rising steadily lately, and I couldn't bear to sell. Plus, the online environment was favorable... Anyway, I trusted Bai Yan. Otherwise, with such a huge loss, my whole family would be starving.]

[Yeah, who knew it would collapse so badly? Ultimately, isn't it because Star Entertainment is rotten from top to bottom? Why blame a young girl when we shouldn't blame these rotten people?]

[...]

Bai Yan lowered her head and posted another Weibo message: "Don't be immersed in false prosperity. Lin Ruohan has no ability to save this sinking ship. If you don't want to lose everything, sell your shares as soon as possible."

After sending the message, she turned on her computer and sneered, "Investing with leverage carries a lot of risk."

Song Rizhao, a god in the financial world, has never been defeated? Bai Yan chuckled lightly, "He's just a piece of trash who wants to run away after he's harvested all the韭菜 (a metaphor for exploited investors)."

She placed the computer opposite the old man, sat down, and while operating the computer, chatted with him casually: "Grandpa, do you believe that Lin Ruohan will come to see you tonight?"

Grandpa Bai hesitated for a moment: "He's just like your father, obsessed with saving face. I think he needs to hold on for a few more days."

Bai Yan shook her head. "I don't think so."

She plunged into the stock market, spending an hour acquiring a large number of Anping shares, only to sell them at a low price the following hour. The funds she could utilize were far greater than what Lin Ruohan and Song Rizhao currently possessed.

"How could this happen?" Song Rizhao's expression changed, and he stared intently at the computer screen. Just a few hours after the stock price had stabilized, it started to turn green again.

Lin Ruohan looked at Song Rizhao with a pale face: "What do we do now?"

"Hold on!" Song Rizhao gritted his teeth. "If we can't hold on now, we'll lose everything!"

Too much has been invested, and even Song Rizhao, who is usually very adept at navigating the stock market, has lost his composure.

He bought every time the other party sold, but the other party's funds seemed inexhaustible. Sitting in front of the computer, Song Rizhao's eyes slowly turned bloodshot, and white sweat poured down his face. He was like every desperate stock market investor trapped in losses…

Finally, Song Rizhao stood up and slammed his hand heavily on the keyboard, his face covered in sweat: "It's over, it's all over!"

He lost everything... so he leveraged it up, making it 1 to 10.

In just one day, he had accumulated countless debts for himself.

"Who is it?" Song Rizhao gritted his teeth. "Why do they have to oppose me!"

"Did you lose?" Lin Ruohan asked, stunned. "Was it Bai Yan?"

"It must be her." He thought of Bai Yan's several comments on social media; it could only be her!

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